Understanding math

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It wasn't until I got to college, where they started dealing with the
components of molecules (atoms and electrons) that chemistry started
making sense. That's where they should have started, and there is no
telling how many kids had their interest in the subject killed by
starting at the other end.

Similarly, mathematics is, by and large, taught backward. You are
drilled on little skills, which turn out to be important, but without
ever really being shown the bigger picture, which would help you
understand _why_ they are important.

Can you imagine trying to teach
someone to play chess by having them practice moving the individual
pieces, math helper ;without ever letting them know that there was such a thing as
a chess 'game', or even letting them see a board with more than one
piece on it? Who would bother to learn it? That's something like the
way we currently go about teaching math. Is it any wonder that so many
students lose interest so early?
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